Sunday Ride #4 Bunsit River, Keningau

      Bunsit River, located at Keningau district is one of most beautiful river in this region. The water, the view, and to riders, the ride to this place are awesome. Started at Kota Kinabalu, we ride to Keningau as early as 7.30 A.M.

(A quick pit stop before destination)

 

     This is the view once get there. The water is so clear. It is a clean river for you to swimming around. 

(Swimming TIME!)

       After spent hours of swiming, riders headed to Keningau Town, to have quick meal and TTS before going back to Kota Kinabalu.

I love the slogan says: KITA RIDER TIADA BEZA.

      Those photos are credited to Sha Rei, He the ones who ride the white Kawasaki Ninja 250R. Ride safe, everyone.      

Russian Girl Riding Trend

    

         So, Russian. What do you expect huh? They always done something that you never thought they will do it. Probably you will never do it either. Hahaha. This time, there is a new trend for Russian girls, where they riding superbike, with out a God Damn Clothes! Here you go. And oh, before that, make sure you ll are not under age! Hahahaa.

    The good thing is, she still wearing helmet. I guess safety first. You should do it too. I mean not riding nakedly, but wear the helmeet all the time. What? Not enough with those photos? Fine. Here your video. Enjoy!

HOW TO: Endo Kiss

    

    All right. Endo, or others call it stopie. Ever heard of it? That is a move where you perform a brake until your rear tyre lift up. Looks cool right? Especially while you can perform Endo Kiss, where you can kiss a girl while performing endo. Know how to do it?

Please remember this before you begin.

1. Okey, first, this is very dangerous move. If you never done this before, please use smaller bike or even bicycle. If you using bicycle, do it on grass land. If you using smaller bike like 150 cc motard, pick a smooth road.
2. There is a chance that you go over the bar once or twice. The drop will hurt you. So make sure you equiped all the time during practice. 

(Why you should start to learn Endo Kiss)

Okey, if you are ready, here we go.

1. Ride slowly, and put more of your weight on rear tyre.
2. Put your weight slowly to the front while hitting the front brake tightly. This time the rear tyre should lift up a little.
3. Shift you weight back to rear if you need to, in order to keep the balance between you and your bike.
4. Release the front brake, Extend your legs to drop your rear wheel back to the ground.
5. Repeat with higher speed.Increase your speed gradually. The faster you go, and the quicker you shift your weight forward, the higher the rear wheel will lift.

     Remember,  increase your speed  slowly. Start at slow speeds and just lift your wheel a few inches. As you get more comfortable, you will be able to lift the rear wheel a foot or two.

(Remember that, Endo Kiss is a fine Art in Motorcycle World)

Sunday Ride #3 Kundasang Ride

    On 16th August 2015, a group from Snake Bikers Sabah with other bikers has ride to Kundasang, near to Ranau Town. That is the where the entrance of Mount Kinabalu. But there are not going to Mount Kinabalu, Just ride to Kundasang from Kota Kinabalu. With total ride is 92 KM per trip, their final stop at Kinabalu Park, Kundasang.

       Please ignore the date stated on the photo. it is an error. Can can see there is no way 2014 will be a Yamaha R25 as shown on a photo. And here the simple video from the ride.

(You may wanna click to enlarge the video)

     Yupz, the photo below is my dad. He joined this ride, and all credits all goes to him for sharing the photos and a video. He's riding with his brand new Kawasaki Ninja 250R. Keep young!

REVIEW Modenas Jaguh : The Malaysian First Cruiser Bike

    Hello. Here we come with another review. But this time, I review my own cousin's bike. The Modenas Jaguh. It was a Malaysian first Cruiser bike. Well, let's jump to quick spec first. He got this bike from GAKEPS.

SPEC

Engine

Type SOHC 4-stroke single cylinder Bore X Stroke 65 x 52.4 mm Displacement 174 cm.cubic Compression Ratio 9.0 : 1 Carburetor MIKUNI BS 28 Ignition System Magneto to CDI Starting System Electric Cooling System Air Lubrication Forced Lubricant Wet Fuel Tank Capacity 14 L

Transmission

Type 5-speed return Clutch Wet multi-disk Primary Reduction Ratio 3.666 (77/21) Final Reduction Ratio 2.933 (44/15) Driving System Chain

Chassis

Type Steel pipe double cradle Front Suspension Telescopic Rear Suspension Trailing swing arm / Double Shock Absorber Front Brake Disc, double piston Rear Brake Drum

Electrical System

Battery 12V 9Ah

Now we go to the pro and cons about this bike:

PROs:

1. Cheaper than other brands compared to Honda, Yamaha and Kawasaki. China bike seems cheaper anyway, but you won't need that kind of bikes.
2. Original spare parts are ready stock and also, cheaper. 
3. Nice looking bike and very easy to custom. I saw some kind of Harley Davidson Malaysia made by Jaguh's riders.
4. Good fuel consumption. A 175 cc won't cost you much fuel to ride long distance or for city use.

CONs:

1. Pick up a bit slower. Acceleration rate from 1 to 10? I give 4.
2. Low market value. If your bike is stolen, the insurance will pay you very very low price. Reselling your bike won't give you much money.
3. Top speed also very week. Cannot ride more than 130 kph. You can try, but I can't get that speed.

     So, I guess that only REVIEW that I may give you. Hope can help you if you considering to purchase this kind of bike. Thanks.

(See you next ride)

V-Twin VS 4 In-Line

           Ah, the good old engine debate. Ask any motorcycle rider what kind of engine they think is best and you will get some surprisingly heated opinions. Our cruiser riding brethren will of course talk up the virtues of v-twins and their torque, while sportbike riders might be somewhat divided between inline fours and v-twins. Single cylinder engines (“thumpers”) are usually reserved for dirt and off-road bikes, but one of the better beginner sportbikes happens to use one – the sharp looking Honda CBR250R. Engine type should not be taken lightly when choosing a first motorcycle and I’ll try to make some sense of the differences here.



V-Twin or Parallel Twin

(The picture of V-Twin engine)

            A v-twin is a two cylinder engine with the cylinders arranged in the shape of a V; you’ve no doubt seen this engine configuration when looking at cruisers. Ducati famously uses a 90-degree twin cylinder engine that looks more like an L, though most people still refer to it as a v-twin. There are smaller sportbikes like the excellent Kawasaki Ninja 250R which use a parallel twin, where the cylinders are configured side-by-side.

          BMW offers an opposed twin sometimes called a “flat” or “boxer” engine in some of its motorcycles, where the cylinders sit flat on their sides and 180 degrees opposite each other (I happen to find it weird and impractical to have the cylinder heads sticking straight out the sides of the engine on a motorcycle, but that’s my opinion).

(Ducati Diavel is one of superbike using V-Twin engine system)

Four Inline

(Four in-line Engine system)

       An inline 4 cylinder engine has all four cylinders sitting next to each other in a nice neat row. Most sport and race bikes use this configuration, though you may see an occasional V-4 such as the one in use by Honda CBR 1000RR, the Aprilia RSV4 and the Yamaha R1.

(The Honda CBR 1000 RR, has better sound than V-twin engine system)

Pre REVIEW: Kawasaki Ninja 300 (Coming to Malaysia)

     So, its August already. Last month was my busy month and but this month, I'm hopping its gonna be my relaxing month. I'm planning to back riding my bike with friends. Hopefully its not a busy month. But now my first post for August is about Kawasaki Ninja that has been arrived to Malaysian market.

             The Kawasaki Ninja 300, a sport bike made by Kawasaki, is a new generation entry-level (beginner) bike. Kawasaki dominated the lightweight market for decades with the Ninja 250, and now after feeling pressure from main competitor Honda CBR 250, Kawasaki raised the bar by upgrading the entry-level Ninja with a 296 cc, liquid-cooled and EFI two-cylinder engine— that’s 47 cc more displacement (adding just 6 percent more weight) and 50 percent more power than the Honda. Kawasaki claimed this 2013 bike will deliver better fuel economy and more performance.

           The Kawasaki Ninja 300 will be one of the first beginner bikes to offer ABS brakes (at a RM 26,000.00 ++), a feature that according to Consumer Reports has a great life-saving potential. Overall, experts in the field as well as non-professional reviewers agree that the new Ninja 300 is a great entry-level bike.

POWER

• Engine: Four-stroke, liquid-cooled, DOHC, parallel twin
• Displacement: 296 cc
• Bore x Stroke: 62.0 x 49.0 mm
• Compression ratio: 10.6:1
• Fuel System: DFI® with dual 32 mm throttle bodies
• Ignition: TCBI with digital advance
• Transmission: Six-speed with positive neutral finder
• Final Drive: Chain

PERFORMANCE

• Front Suspension / Wheel Travel: 37 mm hydraulic telescopic fork / 4.7 in
• Rear Suspension / Wheel Travel:Uni-Trak® with 5-way adjustable pre-load / 5.2 in
• Front Tire: 110/70 x 17
• Rear Tire: 140/70 x 17
• Front Brakes: Single 290 mm petal-type disc with two-piston hydraulic caliper, ABS
• Rear Brakes: Single 220 mm petal-type disc with two-piston hydraulic caliper, ABS
• Cooling System:Liquid

CHASSIS

• Frame Type:Semi-double cradle, high-tensile steel
• Rake/Trail:27 degrees / 95 mm
• Overall Length: 2015 mm
• Overall Width: 175 mm
• Overall Height: 1110 mm 
• Ground Clearance: 140 mm
• Seat Height: 785 mm
• Curb Weight: 175 KG
• Fuel Capacity: 17 L
• Wheelbase: 55.3 in
• Colour Choices: Lime Green, Pearl Stardust White

         So did you planning to purchasing this beast yet? I never see anyone ride this bike, but I saw at mudah.my and Tropicana start selling this bike. Just RM 26,000.00 ++, it seems an affordable bike to me for beginner. 

(Damn.. hehehe. I see you next ride)